The Dodgers' first Cactus League evening sport of 2024 was a 5-4 loss to the Reds in Goodyear.
James Paxton struck out 4 in two innings in his first outing with the Dodgers. He allowed back-to-back, one-out singles and a sacrifice fly for a run within the first inning, however retired his closing 5 batters confronted.
Paxton struck out all three batters within the second inning to finish his outing, accumulating a handful of swinging strikes alongside the way in which. He completed with 32 pitches.
“It feels good, simply timing issues. I really feel a bit bit like issues are usually not clicking right here,” Paxton instructed reporters in Goodyear after his exit, as proven on SportsNet LA. “I really feel good the place we’re, and I'm form of proper the place I needs to be proper now.”
To err is human
Thursday was the third sport at shortstop this spring for Gavin Lux, whose first two Cactus League video games this yr have been as designated hitter after lacking all of final season with a torn ACL in his proper knee.
Lux in his 16 defensive innings at shortstop this spring noticed simply two balls hit his approach, and dedicated an error on each. After a throwing error in Shock on Wednesday, Lux on Thursday laced a grounder within the third inning that allowed Jeimer Candelario to succeed in first base.
On the plate, Lux had a optimistic end result, getting back from a 0-2 rely to bloop a single against old friend Justin Bruihl to deliver residence the tie within the seventh.
Making it rely
The Dodgers didn't even get successful till the sixth inning Thursday. However after a one-out stroll by Kevin Padlo, Mookie Betts ended the Reds' no-hitter with a two-run residence run to left subject, his first of the spring.
Notes
Butler did
In the course of the backside of the third inning, Rick Monday on the SportsNet LA broadcast reported that former Dodgers middle fielder and shortstop Brett Butler has been serving to out as an teacher in Reds camp this spring .
On Monday, he quoted Jonathan India as saying, “Brett Butler is 66 years outdated, and he nonetheless the most effective bunter in Main League Baseball.”
Baseball Reference solely has particular batted-ball information courting again to 1988, which leaves out the primary seven seasons of Butler's profession, and counted 185 bunt hits from 1988-1997. Butler himself stated in an tutorial video in 2015 that he had 245 profession hits, a quantity echoed in a narrative by Mark Sheldon on MLB.com this week.
Regardless of the quantity, Butler had a ton of hits, together with 42 in 1992 with the Dodgers, greater than the Dodgers had within the final seven seasons (2017-23) mixed (38).
Subsequent
The Dodgers play one other evening sport on Friday, however return to Camelback Ranch in opposition to the Rangers (5:05 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA). Tyler Glasnow is making his second begin for Los Angeles, and Dodger Stadium organist Dieter Ruehle can be on the subsequent two video games in Arizona to play the organ.
